Quiet and relaxing. We'll presented. Most of the area prohibit photo taking. This one includes in 840yen package of 4 museums

Learn about Nagasaki writers.

Wandered around all morning and there was nobody else here—don't tell me literature museums everywhere are like this hahaha. Inside the museum it's very clean and comfortable. Although it's honestly a bit difficult for foreigners, the guide still enthusiastically tried to help us understand using simple Japanese

Ishikawa Takuboku is generally seen as someone who steadily devoted himself to writing poetry and the like amid a life of honest poverty. However, looking closely at the exhibits, I learned that he repeatedly quit and changed jobs because of things he didn't like at work, and also amused himself at red-light districts and such, living a free-spirited life. Of course, many of the explanations seem to say that Takuboku's personality and pastimes are separate from the value of his works. Noguchi Hideo has similar episodes too, and it seems that great people's insistence on doing what they want over common sense or ethics can be both a strength and a weakness.

Get off at the Hakodate City Tram "Suehiro-cho" stop and walk 1 minute. The building is a 3-story brick and reinforced concrete structure built in Taisho 10 (1921) as the Hakodate Branch of Daiichi Bank, Japan's first private bank. After reinforcement and renovation, it opened as the Hakodate City Museum of Literature in Heisei 5 (1993). On display are handwritten materials and more by writers connected to Hakodate, including Ishikawa Takuboku, Kamei Katsuichiro, Tsuji Hitonari, and Sato Yasushi. April–October → 9:00–19:00 November–March → 9:00–17:00 A combined ticket for 2 museums together with the Museum of Northern Peoples costs 500 yen. Photography is prohibited inside. The only thing allowed was the statue of Ishikawa Takuboku on the 2nd floor. The guide on the floor kindly explained all sorts of things, and I was able to spend a very interesting and enjoyable time. Thank you very much.

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